What's the earliest version of the iPhone that works with Mountain Lion cloud service

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  1. east85, Aug 12, 2012

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    Just wondering what the earliest version is that supports the correct iOS version to sync with the icloud and Mac for full functionality.

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  2. bbfc, Aug 12, 2012

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    The iPhone 3GS has iCloud support.
     
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  3. hafr, Aug 12, 2012

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    Just to clarify: you need iOS 5 in order to use iCloud, and iPhone 3GS is the oldest phone that Apple supports iOS 5 for.

    But with help of software you can find online, you can install iOS 5 on even the first generation iPhone. I don't know how well it works though.
     
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  4. nyolc8, Aug 12, 2012

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    The real thing is, that "iOS 5" for old devices (whited00r) is a heavy-modified iOS 3. So iCloud is not working on that (They just calling dropbox sync support as icloud support). So real iCloud is only available on iPhone 3GS or above.
     
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  5. hafr, Aug 12, 2012

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    Oh, okay. Thanks for the information!
     
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  6. robgendreau, Aug 12, 2012

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    Too bad iCloud itself doesn't have "full functionality." :p
     
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  7. east85, Aug 12, 2012

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    I was hoping to hear this. I know the iPhone 4 is pretty cheap now, so I might pick one up with the 5 hits. Guessing by then it's going to be even more affordable. I broke my old iPhone 3G after a night out on the town (herp derp), so I just needed to get an idea of what would work. That phone was due for retirement anyways, or so it seems with the 10.8 release.

    Thanks for the input!
     
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